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J. HOOP.

STAMP HOLDING APPARATUS.

No. 470,572. Patented Mar. 8, 1892.

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J. HOOP. STAMP HOLDING APPARATUS.

No. 470,572. PatentedMar. 8, 18,92.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J AMES HOOP, OF OGDEN, UTAH TERRITORY.

STAM P-HOLDING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,572, dated March 8,1892.

Application tiled January l2, 1822. Serial No. 417,813. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJAMES HOOP, of Ogden, in the county of lVeber andTerritory of Utah, have invented a new and Improved Stamp- HoldingApparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in stamp-holding apparatus, andespeciallyin an apparatus which is adapted to hold or carry rubberhand-stamps.

The object of my invention is to produce a convenient apparatus by meansof which a large number of dissimilar hand-stamps may be carried, whichwill also hold the stamps automatically upon an inking-pad, so that theywill be always ready for use, which is provided with returning mechanismadapted to return a stamp to its seat upon a pad after it has been used,which has automatic means for guiding the stamp to its seat, which isprovided with a labeling system, whereby any stamp desired may be foundat once, which may be placed in a convenient position above a desk,table, or other article of furniture, and which in general will savetime by carrying the stamps in the most convenient manner possible.

To this end my invention consists in certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, as will behereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the holder properwthat is, thestamp -carrying frame. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same onthe line 2 2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side elevation ofone of the spring attachments which returns a stamp to its seat, theattachment being shown in its inclosing casing. Fig. l is a face view ofthe same. Fig. 5 is a central axial section of the same. Fig. G iscentral diametrical section thereof. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective viewof the stamp guide and pad and the mechanism for holding them, and Fig.Sis aperspective View showing the arrangement of the entire apparatus.

The holder proper-that is, the stamp-carryin g frame lO-is shaped, ingeneral, like the frustum of a cone, the front face of the frame havingan exterior ring 11 and the back of the frame a similar but smaller ring12, and both rings are strengthened by inner rings 18, which touch eachother and are secured together, the said rings serving as braces. In thecenter' of the frame are also concentric rings 14 and 15, which serve assupports for different parts of the apparatus, as described below, andthe frame is provided near the center with curved transverse braces 1G,which are secured to the end plates 17 of the frame, which plates formbearings for the supporting-shaft 18, and the frame is held in placeupon the shaft by collars 19 and by a nut 20 on the outer end of theshaft. frame, as described, is made up of wire, thus giving itsufficient strength and enabling it to be made very light.

The shaft 18 is supported in a horizontal position on the end of abracket 2l, which is carried by a post 22, and the bracket is adapted toextend over a table or desk, and, if desired, the bracket may be securedto a wall or the holder 10 may be pivoted on any convenient support.Spring attachments 23 are provided to return the stamps to theirposition in the holder, as hereinafter described, and there is a springattachment for each stamp, each attachment comprising a spring barrel orgrooved pulley 24, which is open at one side and is hollowed outinteriorly, as shown in Fig. 5, a casing 25, which envelops the upperportion and both sides ofthe grooved pulley, a hub 26, formed integralwith or se- The cured to the casing 25 and serving as a bear- Y ing forthe grooved pulley, a coil-spring 27, arranged within the grooved pulleyand having one end secured to the hub 26 and the other end to thepulley, thus serving to rewind the pulley after it has been unwound, anda suspending-hook 2S, secured to the upper portion of the casing 25 andhaving abase portion 29 adapted to be firmly secured to the casing. Asabove remarked, these spring attachments are hooked upon the inner ring15 of the holder or stamp-carrying frame, and fixed to each pulley is anoutwardly-extending wire or cord 30, which carries at its free end astamp 31,and the tension of the spring 27 is sufficient to hold thestamp in position in the holder.

The stampl is of the common form and may be of any desired shape orsize. Each IOO stamp is adapted to rest upon an inking-pad 32 and thepads are arranged diagonally between the back ring l2 and the ring 14,the pads having upon their backs parallel keepers 33, adapted to receivethe members 34 of a wire, which is doubled to form coils 35, adapted tofit upon the ring 14, and the members of the wires thus serve to holdthe pads in place.

The wires which hold the pads are also formed into loops 36, whichextend diagonally outward toward the ring ll and are fixed to theguide-plates 37 of the guides 38, which plates extend diagonally fromthe ring 114 to the ring ll and are arranged opposite the pads 32, therebeing a guide-plate for each pad. rlhe guide 38 is doubled, as shown at39, so as to pass over the ring l1, and the outer portion 40 of theguideis parallel with the front plane of the holder, as best shown in Fig. l,and is formed into a flange 4l at the' tached indicating the characterof the stam p that is, the printed matter upon the stampand, if desired,a pin may be substituted for the flange, so that a label may be hungupon the pin or the label may be produced directly upon the part 40 ofthe guide. There will thus be a label for each stamp, and a person cantell at a glance Where the stamp he desires to use is located.

The manner in which the apparatus is used is shown clearly in Fig. 8.When the operator desires to use a stamp, he grasps the particular stampto be used and places it upon the paper or other material to be stampedin the ordinary way, as the stamp will be already inked, and when he hasused the stamp he simply lets go of it, and the spring Within thegrooved pulley 24, with which the stamp is connected by the wire or cord30, rewnds the pulley and cord, thus drawing up the stamp, and as thecord 30 is secured to the stamp near the printing-face thereof thatportion of the stamp will strike the holder first, and the part whichfirst comes in contact with it will be the guide-plate 37,Which causesthe stamp to be properly seated upon its appropriate pad.

The holder may be easily'turned round, so as to bring any stamp withinconvenient reach, and it will thus be seen that the stamps may berapidly used and that all theinking material will be entirely out of theWay, so that papers or other matter cannot be accidentally soiled by theink-pads.

l do not limit myself to the particular construction of the parts shownand especially to the form of the frame, as it is obvious that this maybe changed and still work in substantially the same manner Withoutdeparting from the principle of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A stamp-holding apparatus comprising aholder or frame, spring-repressed stamps carried by the holder, andinking-pads carried by the holder and adapted to abut with the stamps,substantially as described.

2. A stamp-holding apparatus comprisinga holder or frame, a plurality ofinking-pads mounted thereon, a plurality of spring-repressed stampscarried by the holder, and guides to guide the stamps upon the pads,substantially as described.

3. Astamp-holding apparatus comprising a holder or frame, a plurality ofinkingpads carried thereon,a plurality of spring-repressed stampsmounted upon the holder, guides to direct the stamps upon the pads, andlabels secured to the frame adjacent to the stamps, substantially asdescribed.

4. A stamp-holding apparatus comprising a revoluble holder or frame, aplurality of inking-pads carried on the face thereof, a plurality ofspring-repressed stamps carried by the holders, and guides adapted todirect the stamps upon the inking-pads, the guides terminating at theirouter ends in indicatinglabels, substantially as described.

5. A stamp-holding apparatus comprising a revoluble holder or framehaving a plurality of in'king-pads arranged diagonally on one side ofthe face thereof, guides arranged diagonally on the face of the holderopposite the inkingpads, and a plurality of spring-repressed stampsmounted on the holder and adapted to register with the guides and pads,substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the revoluble holder having end rings and acentral ring of less diameter than the end rings, of fasteningscomprisingwires doubled around the ceutral ring and having their frontends formed into loops and their opposite ends into parallell members,inking-pads having keepers upon their backs to receive the parallelmembers of the fastenings, and guide-plates secured to the loops of thefastenings, said guide-plates being dou bled over the front portion ofthe holder and terminating in labels, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the holder and the inking-pads thereon, of aseries of casin gs carried by the holder inside the inking-pads,spring-pulleys pivoted in the casings, and stamps connected by cords ortheir equivalents with the pulleys and adapted to rest upon the pads,substantially as described.

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